Geometry of Mechanics, Field Theory and Control: A workshop celebrating the 65th birthday of M.C. Muñoz Lecanda

idate: 
Monday, 19 December, 2011
edate: 
Tuesday, 20 December, 2011
Place: 
Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
URL: 
http://www.gmcnetwork.org/?q=node/618
Category: 
Other activities
Commitee: 
  • María Barbero (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
  • Xavier Gràcia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Manuel de León (ICMAT (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain)
  • David Martín (ICMAT (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain)
  • Narciso Román Roy (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
Schedule: 
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
  Monday, December 19 Tuesday, December 20
9-9.30 Opening  
9.30-10.15 M. Barbero S. Martínez
10.15-11 M. de León E. Martínez
11-11.30 COFFEE COFFEE
11.30-12.15 J.C. Marrero J. Marín
12.15-13.00 D. Martín J. Gomis
13-15 LUNCH LUNCH
15-15.45 G. Marmo C. López
15.45-16.30 J. F. Cariñena E. Fossas
16.30-17 COFFEE CLOSING
17-17.45 M. Salgado  
     
21.00 Conference dinner  

 

Important dates: 

The deadline to register for this workshop is November 11, 2011.

The deadline to register for the conference dinner is December 2, 2011.

Registration: 

There is no registration fee, but lunch and conference dinner are at your own expenses.

If you wish to attend this meeting, please send an e-mail to gmftc [at] ma4 [dot] upc [dot] edu before November 11, 2011, with subject REGISTRATION indicating

  • Name:
  • Affiliation:
  • E-mail address:
  • Country:
  • Are you planning to attend the conference dinner?: YES/NO
  • Any accompanying person for the conference dinner?: YES/NO.
  • Do you need us to book a hotel room? YES/NO
  • If yes, DOUBLE or SINGLE room? (if sharing with any participants of the event, please indicate their name).
  • Arrival date:
  • Departure date:
  • Credit card number:

If you only wish to attend the conference dinner, please send an e-mail to gmftc [at] ma4 [dot] upc [dot] edu before December 2, 2011 , with subject DINNER REGISTRATION indicating

  • Name:
  • E-mail address:
  • Number of accompanying person:

For any special arrangement, further details and/or questions, please contact María Barbero at mbarbero [at] icmat [dot] es or Narciso Román Roy at nrr [at] ma4 [dot] upc [dot] edu

Lodging reservation: 

Please contact the organization at gmftc [at] ma4 [dot] upc [dot] edu to book a room in the Researcher Residence at C/Hospital 64, 08001 Barcelona.

A double room (breakfast included) costs 98 euros per night from Monday to Friday and 75 euros on Saturday and Sunday nights. A single room (breakfast included) costs 70.5 euros per night from Monday to Friday and 62 euros on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Participants: 
  • Laia Amorós (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
  • Manuel Asorey (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
  • Mònica Aymerich (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain)
  • María Barbero (Universidad Carlos III, Spain)
  • Joaquim Bruna (Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Spain)
  • José F. Cariñena (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
  • Hèctor Castejón (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Jesús Clemente (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
  • Jorge Cortés (University of California, San Diego, USA)
  • Amadeu Delshams (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Kurusch Ebrahimi-Fard (Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain)
  • Yuri Fedorov (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Enric Fossas (Institut d'Organització i Control de Sistemes Industrials, UPC, Spain)
  • Jaume Franch (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Elba Garcia (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
  • Joaquim Gomis (Universidad de Barcelona, Spain)
  • Xavier Gràcia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Elisa Guzmán (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain)
  • Alberto Ibort (Universidad Carlos III, Spain)
  • Fernando Jiménez (Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain)
  • Manuel de León (ICMAT (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain)
  • Carlos López (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
  • Jesús Marín (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
  • Giuseppe Marmo (University of Naples, Italy)
  • Juan Carlos Marrero (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain)
  • David Martín de Diego (ICMAT (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain)
  • Eduardo Martínez (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
  • Sonia Martínez (University of California, San Diego, USA)
  • Eva Miranda (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Edith Padrón (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain)
  • Pere Pascual (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,Spain)
  • Manuel F. Rañada (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
  • Pere Daniel Prieto Martínez(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain) 
  • Miguel Rodríguez Olmos (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Narciso Román Roy (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Modesto Salgado (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
  • Oriol Serra (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,Spain)
  • Miguel Teixidó Román  (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Silvia Vilariño (Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Spain)
How to get here: 

The conference venue is "Sala de actos" at Facultat de Matemàtiques i Estadística, C/Pau Gargallo 5, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. Once you enter through the main entrance of the building, turn left and walk all the way to the end of the corridor. Go downstairs and turn left again. The conference venue is the first door in the left-hand side. The following link contain the closest stops to the conference venue, that are:

  • Palau Reial subway stop.  Line 3 (green color). Direct line from the Researcher Residence at C/Hospital 64.
  • Zona Universitària tram stop. Lines 1, 2 and 3. 
  • Av. Diagonal-Palau reial bus stop. Lines 7, 33, 67, 74, 75.

How to get to the Researcher Residence at C/Hospital 64.

If you are coming by plane and arriving at terminal T2, walk to the train station. here, trains departs to Barcelona Sants-Estació every 30 minutes (at 08 and at 38, starting at 5.42 and finishing at 23.38). At Sants stop, transfer to subway Line 3 (green color), direction Trinitat Nova. Get off at Liceu Stop and walk for 4 minutes as indicated here.

If you are coming by plane and arriving at terminal T1, you must take the transit bus to the train station at terminal T2 and follow the instructions in the first point.

If you are coming by train and arriving at Barcelona-Sants stop,  transfer to subway Line 3 (green color), direction Trinitat Nova. Get off at Liceu Stop and walk for 4 minutes as indicated here.

Photo: 
Introduction: 

Miguel Carlos Muñoz Lecanda is an Industrial Engineer (1970, UPC), who also Graduated in Physics (1970, UB), and obtained his PhD in Mathematics in 1980 (UAB). He started his academic career at Universitat of Barcelona (1971-1976) and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (1973-1982). In 1984 he joined the Department of Applied Mathematics 4 (former Department of Applied Mathematics and Telematics) of Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, where he has been Full Professor of Applied Mathematics since 1992.

Along this period, he has developed his teaching activity in the Facultad de Ciencias at UB and UAB, in the Escola Tècnica Superior de Enginyeria de Telecomunicació de Barcelona and the Facultat de Matemàticas i Estadistica at UPC, where he has taught many undergraduate and graduate courses.

His research interests are, broadly speaking, Geometric Mechanics, Geometric Classical Field Theory and Geometric Control Theory. Along his career he has published more than 75 papers in scientific journals, proceedings and books (see http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/search/publications.html?pg1=INDI&s1=128250 for a summary of these publications). He has been member of the Organizing and Scientific Commitees in different workshops and scientific meetings, and is one of the founder members of the Geometry, Mechanics and Control Network (http://gmcnetwork.org/).

He has also occupied several positions of Academic Management in the Department and at the University, as well as in different local and national Agencies.

Courses: 

Speakers

  • María Barbero (Universidad Carlos III, Spain): ¿A dónde nos llevó el control óptimo geométrico?
  • José F. Cariñena (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain): Classical and quantum position-dependent mass systems
  • Enric Fossas (Institut d'Organització i Control de Sistemes Industrials, UPC, Spain): Three models for piece-wise continuous systems
  • Joaquim Gomis (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain): Higher order non-relativistic particle and the associated Schrodinger equation
  • Manuel de León (ICMAT (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain): Teoría de Hamilton-Jacobi para sistemas lagrangianos singulares
  • Jesús Marín (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain): Variaciones heterodoxas en algunos problemas de control óptimo no estándar
  • Carlos López (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain): Principio del Máximo de Pontryagin
  • Giuseppe Marmo (University of Naples, Italy): Why some Lagrangians are degenerate and some others not?
  • Juan Carlos Marrero (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain): Skew-symmetric algebroids and nonholonomic mechanics
  • David Martín (ICMAT (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain): Kinematic reduction and the Hamilton-Jacobi equation
  • Eduardo Martínez (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain): Variaciones sobre la teoría de Hamilton-Jacobi
  • Sonia Martínez (University of California, San Diego, USA): Agreement and decision making in multi-agent systems
  • Modesto Salgado (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain): Geometría k-(co)simpléctica